I do not believe in this TouchID-in-display stuff anymore. Every year Apple is said to test this. I‘s getting boring.
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Apple Testing In-Display Fingerprint Sensor for iPhone 13, Foldable iPhone Also in the Works
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No apple tests features all the way up to before production starts sometimes..these things aren’t set in stone that early
It's not about REQUIRES, gloves are optional, yet there appears to be more than a handful wearing latex gloves, at least in my corner of the world. Persons of varied demographics.I don't know of any store that REQUIRES you to wear gloves. Do you?
I have no interest in a foldable phone. My iPhone is portable enough. But I'd check out a foldable iPad. To me, that would make a lot more sense.
I really want a flip iPhone that unfolded can have a +6.5 inches screen and folded could fit in the palm of my hand. Sadly it seems unlikely for 2021, so I think is more likely for 2022 or more for sure for 2023. But for sure, that’s the future and that will happen no doubt.
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“Touch ID isn’t coming back. Face ID is the future” - forum members
I will NOT buy my next iPhone until Notch and rounded corners ( screen , not frame) are gone, and finger print scanner is back. I am content with 8 plus.
I'd be rather pissed if they remove the charging port the same year they bring back touchid.
Further away might make it easier for someone other than you to pass security protocol.
Only if your nose and mouth are on your hands they would.I don't know of any store that REQUIRES you to wear gloves. Do you?
So you intrinsically thinks that OEM Android brands could do it better than Apple? Very interesting your way of thinking.... 🤣
Trust me or not, we will see flip iPhones that when folded would perfectly fit in the palm of our hands while will sport big screens when unfolded, all this in the mid-term future (3-4 years), that will be the trend. Cycles tend to repeat, and when the current glass slate design is wear enough, we will see cell market full of flip and foldable phones, iPhone included. And I insist, no matter what MR readers think or opine, that’s the inevitable future.
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There is no misstep. I hate to burst your bubble, but Apple doesn't lead when it comes to mobile tech to move the industry forward. They're a parts collector that waits for the real leaders like Samsung to innovate breakthroughs in mobile tech. Samsung innovates like no other. They create the display technology, that will now allow Apple to have a foldable. The Fold 2 is an amazing device, and it's a device that is absolutely necessary for the industry move forward. Apple follows because they have no choice but to wait for Samsung to innovate and create these industry dominating displays. Don't get so bothered by the facts. Facts are facts.
Well, Touch ID, why not make another breakthrough, double fingerprints, one on each side like how we hold our mobile facing ourselves. Design looks like a mini infrared port. Under screen scanner got a few issues;
1. static detected when phone is plug on a charging cable and fingers won’t register.
2. sweaty fingers won’t register most of the time.
3. If screen cracked, does the replacement comes with the scanner or it’s a separate module, else the replacement would cost almost half of the phone price.. sad case.
4. Some people might have a hard time to unlock the phone, maybe keep pressing on the screen to hard..
1. static detected when phone is plug on a charging cable and fingers won’t register.
2. sweaty fingers won’t register most of the time.
3. If screen cracked, does the replacement comes with the scanner or it’s a separate module, else the replacement would cost almost half of the phone price.. sad case.
4. Some people might have a hard time to unlock the phone, maybe keep pressing on the screen to hard..
I really want TouchID to return, but I'm wondering whether an in-screen scanner would actually deliver the same level of convenience, pandemic-induced use cases such as being able to pay with your mask on notwithstanding.
Currently, I don't need to look at my phone to put the finger on the scanner. I can find the scanner while taking the phone out of my pocket and I don't even need to otherwise activate the phone first because pushing the home button on a locked phone will take me straight to the homescreen.
But with in-screen? Well, let's wait and see. But I can imagine that some TouchID diehards might be disappointed.
Currently, I don't need to look at my phone to put the finger on the scanner. I can find the scanner while taking the phone out of my pocket and I don't even need to otherwise activate the phone first because pushing the home button on a locked phone will take me straight to the homescreen.
But with in-screen? Well, let's wait and see. But I can imagine that some TouchID diehards might be disappointed.
You didn’t burst my bubble at all because your opinion would have to actually matter to me to do that kiddo.
Folding is the future of the smartphone. It needs to unfold to tablet size.
Do you really think that the current smartphone design is the final and most refined design for this product? Do you really think that the market will afford 10 more years with a design so many years dated? The common people will need to perceive a design change, something fresh and even something innovative to justify keeping yearly phone updates (although a flip phone doesn’t seem so innovative to us). So to achieve this perception among the consumers, the manufacturers will have to launch new designs sooner or later, and if you consider that the people will be wanting bigger screens every year, the only way to keep having bigger screens will be by launching flip and foldable smartphones. That’s it!
100% agree with you, and I can wait it to happen!